A practitioner asks: “Can we add protection to the LHP for protection from being taken over by a shapeshifter?”

Safety is requested at the outset in launching a Protocol session. If there is a safety issue that arises it is because the person is dropping their guard in some respect to allow a chink in the armor. If this happens even momentarily, interlopers poised to strike may seize the moment and attempt an encroachment. This is not at all uncommon because these meddlers are always lurking about and wanting to intrude on someone’s energy if they are not already taken. The more one is sensitive to such attempts, the more a person might become perturbed or even rattled significantly, in perceiving what is felt to be an onslaught. But this is simply the intensity of the demonic being in feeling its presence as a powerful dark force, which they are, in essence. Those who are less empathic do not wrestle with these sensations as they are simply not perceived, and many times there is a brush with trouble but the practitioner has no awareness of this, and therefore no concern. So what you are experiencing is a kind of testing of the waters, a probing to see if there is a weak link somewhere, a soft spot that can be worked on to create an opening, a sort of tear in the fabric that would let them squeeze through. If they find an area of weakness, they will pound. It is their nature to do so and they are desperate for energy. So their desperation and their darkness need not be a great concern because they inherently are weaklings. They can only do what is allowed through the vulnerability of their host. If you are standing strong, you will be untouchable by any dark being. If you become uncertain because you are sensing a dark presence and begin to fear there might be vulnerability, and that you are endangered, you are playing into their hands, you are playing their game. It is one of intimidation and manipulation always. They can do a little when you stand strong and resist by being in divine alignment. This is true of the shape-shifting Reptilian beings when they become earthbound with their transition. And those spirits have somewhat better understanding of the desires of the interlopers as a whole, and can be, therefore, a bit more focused in causing a particular kind of difficulty for a human target. But they cannot cause a high degree of harm unless a person is very vulnerable to begin with. So here again, it is a function of resilience as the inner strength, calm, and poise to be optimistic and not allow things to upset you. Knowing the light is stronger than they are, that is your best defense and is a foundation you can count on to hold the line and keep you safe. If you are doubting your safety, you are starting to leave the door open and that is what puts you at risk. If you ask for divine oversight and protection, you will get it and there needs to be rock-solid confidence that this is so for it to be manifest. It is something most can achieve except when they are very upset from something going on in their life or if they have a scary moment from perceiving something that is particularly triggering to them personally. The empaths often have more trouble with this because they have felt and seen more, and have more experiences of being afraid at times by being unsure of what they might be facing energetically, and only know it is menacing and it appears powerful to them. That is the nature of the darkness, that it puts up a false front and will create a kind of propaganda message to make people unhappy and fearful to the greatest extent possible, because it works in their favor as a way to weaken the potential host. So the answer for you in this is to regroup a bit, focus on the requests for protection, and understand and accept that they will do the job to keep you protected and well defended during your work. There need not be any concern about an intrusion. The entire session is hidden from outside inspection if the protection request is heartfelt and done with belief in the divine and in the self. It is the latter area where trouble has occurred because any feelings of uncertainty will reduce the effectiveness of the safety request. It is simply energy doing what it does, and this is why the problem is, in fact, a simple one to remedy, because you can decide whether your energy is strong or weak and then things will proceed accordingly. This just takes practice and confidence, which will come in time if you work at this and build on your successes. You can overcome any trepidation no matter what target you are addressing and the nature of the work in its broad significance. The steps are the same for any target. It is the divine realm that must do the actual healing and repair, and are responsible for working with very difficult clients as well as those with a more routine set of issues. You can handle anything by simply cultivating your belief and confidence in yourself to carry out the protocol with dispatch. That is your responsibility here, not to wrestle with the demons personally. So you need not anticipate nor experience any kind of confrontation or intrusion personally. If this seems to be happening, it is most likely an enhanced awareness of the energy of the opposition as you move into your target to connect energetically as part of the healing circuit. You can request your higher self and your guides to help heal and strengthen you, so you can carry out your role with less personal sensitivity and reaction, because that is truly not essential to the process. You can do it in a way that is very cut and dried, simply reading the Protocol and not attempting to engage with any perceptions, but simply pausing for an interval at each step to allow the work to commence as part of the Protocol, without truly witnessing personally, through an intuitive perception, the nature of what is transpiring and what you might be working to counter that could be unpleasant if you observe it too closely, and particularly if you reach out to sense its makeup. This is the trap of the empath in always wanting to sample what is in the environment. This can be worked on to discourage such a direct involvement and that will help carry the work out with a more routine feel. It will be just as effective and will help you recover your sense of calm and being protected. We understand that is important so this does not become a stressful ordeal to do the work. If that becomes an issue at any point, it is best to step back a bit and stand down for a while, and then resume things when you are calm again. And to go slow, always endeavoring to keep everything at arm’s length to avoid a too direct involvement with the energies of your target, and in that way, stay above the fray.